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368 Search Results for forests and soil

  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Report on Forest Research for the year ending March 1952
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The report of Forest Research for the year ending March 1952. The report includes: Introduction Summary of the year’s work Part i: work carried out by Forestry Commission staff – Forest tree seed investigations – Experimental work in nurseries – Work on problems of afforestation in Scotland and northern England – The 1945 broom and pine nursing experiments at Coldharbour, Wareham forest, […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Biomass sustainability

     Why is it that burning biomass can be sustainable?
  • Service

    Technical Development Services: Land reclamation

     Technical Development has been involved in land restoration operations since the 1990s, when complete cultivation techniques and use of sewage sludge were being developed by Forest Research. In 2009 TD resumed work on land reclamation prompted by the interest of FC Scotland in regenerating brown-field land as a component of the Woodlands In and Around Towns […]
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    Use of waste materials

     Information on the use waste materials in soil in greenspace projects and practical considerations in the urban context
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    Deciding future management options for afforested deep peatland
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission (Scotland)
    This guide will help forest managers and agents in Scotland decide the best future management option for afforested deep peat sites (defined here as soils with a peat layer of 50 cm or more). It explains the principles and assessment methods of the ‘Forestry on peatland habitats’ supplementary guidance that Forestry Commission Scotland published in […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Cultivation

     Why cultivation of soil in the urban and peri-urban greenspace environment is important and a summary of cultivation techniques
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    2019 – Carbon

     Introduction Forests can help mitigate climate change by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. They do this by absorbing carbon dioxide, using the carbon to produce sugars for tree growth and releasing the oxygen back into the air. As trees grow, they store carbon in their leaves, twigs and trunk, and in the […]
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    Soil quality

     What are the properties of soil and how do they determine the ability of the soil to perform a variety of functions indicative of a healthy soil
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Report on Forest Research for the year ended March, 1959
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The report of Forest Research for the year ending March 1959. The report includes: Introduction Summary of the year’s work Part i – Reports of work carried out by Forestry Commission research staff -Forest tree seed investigations -Nursery investigations -Silvicultural investigations in the forest: (a) south and central England and Wales (b) Scotland and -north England -Provenance studies -Poplars and elms -Forest ecology -Forest soils -Forest […]
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Tree root development on upland heaths
    Lead Author: C.W. Yeatman
    The investigation was initiated by the Forestry Commission as part of the programme of research into the afforestation of heathlands. The object of the investigation was to study the root development of coniferous forest crops on upland heaths to determine: (i) The relationships existing between the development of the root systems, the soils, and the […]
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  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Report on Forest Research for the year ended March, 1960
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The report of Forest Research for the year ending March 1959. The report includes: Introduction Summary of the year’s work Part i Reports of work carried out by Forestry Commission research staff -Forest tree seed investigations -Nursery investigations -Silvicultural investigations in the forest: (a) south and central England and Wales (b) Scotland and northern England -Provenance studies -Poplars and elms -Forest ecology -Forest soils -Forest genetics -Forest […]